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1944 Map of Kewanee

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Kewanee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Kewanee anchors the northern edge of this Illinois landscape, which was surveyed during the early 1930s and updated in the mid-1940s. The region is defined by a dense network of rural school districts and family cemeteries, illustrating the high density of agrarian life in Henry and Stark Counties before mid-century consolidation. Small-town centers like Toulon, Wyoming, and Lafayette are connected by a trio of major rail lines, including the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific.

Along the waterways of the Spoon River and Indian Creek, the map documents numerous one-room schoolhouses such as Bumble Bee Sch and Vinegar Hill Sch. To the south, Goshen Ridge rises above the drainage of Fitch Creek and Walnut Creek, while local landmarks like Evergreen Park Cem and Sheets Cem provide essential reference points for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads in West Jersey and Osceola.